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güey

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Could you tell me please what he says at 1:39 ("And ... to reiterate, of course, it's a defensive organization"?
 
And also, a couple of words later into the clip, at 2:16:

And the UK, (...) it's got Typhoons operating up in the Baltic states, and they have a variety of different (...) options they can choose, which include in country or maybe as far south as Cyprus.
 
And always a point to reiterate ...
undoubtedly 's [has] got Typhoons
basing options ... which include in-country
 
And always a point to reiterate ...
undoubtedly 's [has] got Typhoons
basing options ... which include in-country

What would a full sentence look like? Is it an impersonal construction?
It is always a point to... Or is it more like There is always a point to...?
 
@güey No. It's fine as is. However, you could say "It's worth reiterating that ..." or "It's worth repeating that ...."

Are you transcribing it? If that's the case, you do, apparently, have the option of slowing it down. Do you understand what is being said other than the few (very few) indistinct words?
 
For example:
And always a point to reiterate of course: it's a defensive ...
or
And always a point to reiterate of course is the fact that it's a defensive ...
 
@Tarheel yes, the rest is clear enough.
 
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